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Trump’s Dr Strangelove playbook is working (for now)

The president revels in his unpredictability, but over time he risks sowing distrust in America’s good faith.

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Edward Luce

China’s AI leap means security must trump economics for Australia

Australia’s dilemma is that there is a tension in balancing the commercial advantages of cheaper Chinese technology with our national security...

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The Afr View

Blame bigger government for falling living standards

Much of the cost-of-living malaise in Australia is the result of policies that have expanded the role of government at the cost of long-term...

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Nicholas Moore

Why the DeepSeek breakthrough is actually a good thing

Your super fund may have taken a hit in the short term today. But in the long term, all of us will profit from the AI race, not just the tech...

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Toby Walsh

I told a summit DEI’s business case doesn’t stack up. Response was icy

Diversity, equity and inclusion programs have been a cash cow for consultants, far exceeding the gains for the target groups they are meant to...

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Yhana Lanwin

How Trump’s war on green energy affects Australia

Donald Trump’s plans for an energy revolution will blow strong political winds across Australia’s energy market.

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Jennifer Hewett

Eighty years later, ‘never again’ falls short

Holocaust memorial day is more than an annual commemoration. It is an urgent reminder of what happens when the world turns its back on the quest to...

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Stephen Pollard

Australia’s head not in the AI game

The prime minister’s bumbling answer to a press club question on Australia’s engagement in the AI arms race shows how complacent political and...

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Sandy Plunkett

Australia-China trade will be caught in middle of Trump’s tariff war

Australia is now more dependent on a single market than it has ever been since the late 1940s when our biggest customer was the United Kingdom.

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Richard Mcgregor

A woke mining boss shows why Trump’s DEI crusade will fail

Davos showed how many companies are convinced diversity and environmental measures make financial sense.

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Pilita Clark

Brisbane should learn lessons of Australian Open’s success

It’s always tough for governments to justify spending money on sporting venues. Yet, long-term thinking and the best option for leaving a legacy...

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The Afr View

More than bluster to Trump’s pro-business agenda

Donald Trump’s second coming must focus the mind of the political class on progressing the tax, workplace and regulatory reform agenda required...

24.01.2025 1

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The Afr View

Three-year terms keep us stuck in short-term thinking

As campaigning starts earlier each election, politics becomes overtly tactical, the public service enters zombie mode and business watches on...

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Phillip Coorey

Trump’s difference is in the detail second time around

Anthony Albanese was not going there when asked about this. But be assured the pressures Donald Trump is unleashing will make the need to change...

24.01.2025 1

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Laura Tingle

What if Australia had its own Trump?

A local Trump would do some truth-telling, including that it’s incomprehensible a place as big as Australia has close to the world’s most...

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John Roskam

Extend, don’t change the date of Australia Day

There is a way to recognise our Indigenous heritage, British foundations and immigrant history by marking them over two days – the 25th and 26th...

24.01.2025 2

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Nick Dyrenfurth

Why green aluminium pushes us towards Argentine Peronism

Both sides of politics want us to believe that redirecting prosperity to a preferred sector somehow represents a growth strategy.

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Alexander Sanchez

All of a sudden, Allan is running out of time in Victoria

New polling that reveals a record slump in support for Victorian Labor will have Prime Minister Anthony Albanese worried too.

24.01.2025 2

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Patrick Durkin

Queensland to pay interest bill worth 11 new hospitals each year

The states’ debt-servicing costs will probably continue to skyrocket as investors demand compensation for their fiscally reckless ways.

24.01.2025 1

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Christopher Joye

PM promises the voters his full attention, but are they listening?

The PM tacitly conceded the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum had been a major blunder.

24.01.2025 1

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Phillip Coorey

Liberal party must be a broad and inclusive church

All institutions need to pick the best people on their merits, yet half the population is significantly underrepresented in one of Australia’s...

23.01.2025 1

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The Afr View

Trump fires up war on woke

Donald Trump is waging war on DEI policies. Does this mean the defeat of woke – or just another front in the fight?

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Jennifer Hewett

Why nothing can stop Trump now

Very little stands in the way of the president’s goal of remaking America as he ploughs ahead with signing executive orders.

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Edward Luce

Dutton will wage ungentlemanly warfare on national security

Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison all ultimately failed to create their own winning ‘khaki campaign’. But it didn’t stop them from trying, and it...

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Lidija Ivanovski

ASX Limited fiddles with DEI while market shrinks

Something is rotten at the bourse’s headquarters with senior leadership in distraction and denial.

23.01.2025 1

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Dimitri Burshtein

Donald Trump and the art of the diplomatic deal

Donald Trump has always loved a deal. Now he wants to force governments to gamble at his own White House table.

22.01.2025 1

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Jennifer Hewett

What happened at Davos while Trump was sworn in

At the World Economic Forum, much of the global corporate elite is responding with surprising optimism to the new president’s radical and...

22.01.2025 2

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Hans Van Leeuwen

Is the writing on the wall for Australia’s Jewish community?

The next election will really be the most consequential in the history of Australia’s Jews. Our future depends on it. My community can’t endure...

22.01.2025 2

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Robert Gregory

Canberra should help us help the Pacific, for everyone’s gain

The government should not think businesses can be coerced into operating in the region but remove disincentives, writes TechnologyOne chief...

22.01.2025 2

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Ed Chung

States must step up the antisemitism fight

The antisemitic attacks on Jewish Australians are a national scandal. It’s up to state governments and police to protect all citizens equally.

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The Afr View